Introduce yourself and say 'Hi'. This is the thread to say 'Hello' in (v3)!

[J.Rainey]

Yo, scifi guy from Texas. I'm a bookseller and run the scifi section at a local bookstore. Currently obsessed with john Barnes , old SF, ALWAYS obsessed with Herbert! Besides SF I'm a fan of hard boiled fiction, some fantasy and horror. Looking forward to chatting with you folks!

Welcome--it's great to meet you!

 

[dhm27]

Likewise!

 

[Joel Caris]

Hi all,

I'm a reader, writer, and editor/publisher. I have a new(ish) deindustrial science fiction quarterly that I publish in print called Into the Ruins. It focuses on science fiction that gets away from the interstellar travel and space tropes and instead focuses on stories set on earth in the near and far future that factor in climate change, industrial decline, energy and resource depletion, ecological damage, political and economic dysfunction, etc. In other words, the world as we more and more see it existing!

I'm pretty interested in that as an approach to science fiction, and I get excited by some of the works coming out that fit those themes. I really loved Bacigalupi's The Water Knife and have been discovering older science fiction along these lines written by Edgar Pangborn, Poul Anderson, John Crowley, and others. I think there's a lot of interesting work emerging around these themes and I imagine it may become a significant sub-genre in future years. (Admittedly, I'm a bit biased!)

I also write my own stories and am working on a novel set in Portland, Oregon a few decades from now, featuring a good bit of economic and political trouble, social upheaval, and alternate ways of living that involve less energy and resource use. I also recently finished a short story set in the same world, "An Expected Chill," as sort of a prelude to the novel. Anyone interested can read the first two parts of that starting here.

Anyway . . . hi, all!

 

[RedMage]

Hi @Kinzvlle, @Laura Patterson, @KJS, and @Joel Caris! Welcome to SFFWorld! Good to have you all with us!

I just realized there were some new names I was seeing around the forum and I wanted to say hi. So, hi! You all said you are writers, so I want to invite you to visit the Writing forum here. We have a great, friendly community of writers who hold monthly contests, publish an annual anthology, have a workshop for critiquing, and monthly motivation threads. So come visit and jump into the conversation!

 

[Demetria]

Hi everyone! I'm Demetria.

I spend my days managing a law firm's website and my nights writing fiction. I'm in that awkward in between phase where I'm not quite ready to submit work to magazines or agents, but I'm feeling a little isolated by my solitary hobby. Fortunately, I live in a big city with loads of conventions nearby, so that helps.

I read fairly widely in SFF. Right now I'm switching back and forth between books in The Expanse series and fantasy novels published by small romance presses. I'm trying to power through the rest of Nemesis Games before Mass Effect: Andromeda comes out and eats all my free time.

I've been working on a science fiction serial that I plan to release for free on my blog. I've also been noodling around with a series of posts about digital marketing for writers.

 

[RedMage]

Hi everyone! I'm Demetria.

I spend my days managing a law firm's website and my nights writing fiction. I'm in that awkward in between phase where I'm not quite ready to submit work to magazines or agents, but I'm feeling a little isolated by my solitary hobby. Fortunately, I live in a big city with loads of conventions nearby, so that helps.

I read fairly widely in SFF. Right now I'm switching back and forth between books in The Expanse series and fantasy novels published by small romance presses. I'm trying to power through the rest of Nemesis Games before Mass Effect: Andromeda comes out and eats all my free time.

I've been working on a science fiction serial that I plan to release for free on my blog. I've also been noodling around with a series of posts about digital marketing for writers.

Hi, Demetria! Nice to meet you. You should head over to our Writing forum. We have a great community that I think you will really enjoy.

 

[K.C. Blackbyrn]

Hello. Testing, testing, hello?

I'm K.C. Blackbyrn, but you're welcome to call me KC. I'm a fantasy writer and martial artist. Just recently got my book Stirring Power put on Amazon (I'm completely self-published) and it is the first book in my Evolution of Magic series. Currently I'm reading a bunch of books from other indie authors to help them get reviews. I just finished Soul Eaters by Trudie Collins and I'd highly recommend it!

Anyway, like I said, I'm also a martial artist. I have a black belt in Shorin Ryu Karate and am currently studying Kajukenbo Kung Fu. Besides that, I have a day job as an account coordinator for a wholesale business. It's difficult to have so much of my time taken up by other things because I have many book ideas and projects burning a hole through my computer screen. Unfortunately, I'm a mega responsible type of person and so gotta have the day job.

 

[Prairie_Dog]

Hello. Testing, testing, hello?

I'm K.C. Blackbyrn, but you're welcome to call me KC. I'm a fantasy writer and martial artist.

Welcome KC! Since you are a writer, I think you'll find much to discuss here at SFF World. There are many other writers that frequent the forums, and at least one forum dedicated to that topic.

 

[K.C. Blackbyrn]

Welcome KC! Since you are a writer, I think you'll find much to discuss here at SFF World. There are many other writers that frequent the forums, and at least one forum dedicated to that topic.

I appreciate the welcome. =) I've been having much fun here so far.

 

[Felidae]

HI there to everyone. I see I have been a member here for more than a year but woops, think I have only read here for a month and then disappeared. Thing is, I am always on the lookout for the one good forum (or these days FB group) that satisfies my need for the ability to discuss my taste in books&films&other kinds of entertainment. Or just to read about it, or whatever. To find likeminded souls.

I am Renate, 35 and live in the Netherlands. Due to many issues in my life I have only just finished my studies in Medical Biology at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. Yay, but what now. Something that has helped me through many of the problems in my life has been books and films and series. Destraction and procrastination, you know?

Anyway, atm I am looking for a job without knowing what exactly I want (thank freck for the career service at my uni) while working my part time job as a cassiere/service counter employee at a local supermarket (nice but at only 8-12 hours a week not much) while living with mom and 32 yo brother. I NEED my own home, 3-5 cats and a new job. Haha.

I love scifi, fantasy and horror. Those last two alternating in favs. Currently on my 8th book of the year (after a bout of being ill twice and not getting into four books I tried), a re-read of Jeff Long's The Descent. <3 Love it again,for the third time. 60 pages in.

 

[Hobbit]

Welcome all (again!)

Just passing through......

 

[White Ash]

Hi all, I'm Charlie, writer of a new comic book called White Ash that's a bit horror, a bit sci-fi, and lots of fantasy.

Really great to find this forum, and all of you.

 

[EchoBladeJWR8]

Hi all. My name is Jeff, and I started writing sci-fi novels this year. I came across this website after someone told me about it, but I'm looking to get into sci-fi writing for my next potential career. I've been writing for several months during my evenings before I go to bed. I like reading sci-fi novels, playing video games, listening to music, and watching various types of media (i.e. movies, TV shoes, anime). Looking forward to see what these forums have to offer, as well as the community here!

 

[Prairie_Dog]

Hi all. My name is Jeff, and I started writing sci-fi novels this year. I came across this website after someone told me about it, but I'm looking to get into sci-fi writing for my next potential career. I've been writing for several months during my evenings before I go to bed. I like reading sci-fi novels, playing video games, listening to music, and watching various types of media (i.e. movies, TV shoes, anime). Looking forward to see what these forums have to offer, as well as the community here!

Welcome Jeff/EchoBladeJWR8! SFFWorld has a lot to offer. There are a number of professiomal and aspiring writers who frequent the site. You will no doubt want to check out the Writing Forum. Based on your interest you might also want to look into the Other Media Forum where people discuss video games, and what music they are listening to now...

 

[Abelard]

Hello, again! I registered forever ago. The last post I posted must've been in November of '15.

Life kinda got in the way at that point, had to make some hard decisions about what to concentrate on way back when. Dropping this place was kinda painful but at the time I needed to do it to simplify my life. But, now I'm trying to make some new friends and maybe get into some interesting conversations.

 

[dannymcg]

Hello All, new to this site.
UK male who is a lifelong sci fi book fan. I've at times (when out of work) read a dozen a week for several months. Plus loads of short story anthologies.
I have scribbled out a couple of very short stories myself when mega bored, however I am happier either reading or building my ever taller TBR mountain

 

[Av Demeisen]

Hello All, new to this site.
UK male who is a lifelong sci fi book fan. I've at times (when out of work) read a dozen a week for several months. Plus loads of short story anthologies.
I have scribbled out a couple of very short stories myself when mega bored, however I am happier either reading or building my ever taller TBR mountain

Welcome, Danny. I see you like Ken MacLeod. Are you also a man of Culture?

 

[dannymcg]

I sure am I have all the Banks sci fi books, however I couldn't really get into Wasp Factory, Whit etc so I just did the odd toe dip with library books for his non-genre stuff.

 

[Av Demeisen]

I sure am I have all the Banks sci fi books, however I couldn't really get into Wasp Factory, Whit etc so I just did the odd toe dip with library books for his non-genre stuff.

I've only dipped my toe in the non-genre stuff. Someday perhaps.

 

[Ashur-is-King]

Hi all! I’m a professional freelance writer who moonlights as a fantasy fiction author. I read voraciously, both fiction and non-fiction.

Fiction-wise, I read and write high fantasy, the genre that has been my passion since (you guessed it) discovering Tolkien! I've read and enjoyed Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss (but hurry up with the book, Pat!), George R. R. Martin (you too, George), Peter V. Brett, Jim Butcher, and many more. My non-fiction interests include history, societal development, geography and geopolitics, and biological evolution. I’m also getting into blogging as a way to explore my interests.

Looking forward to meeting more awesome people on here!